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Gunner RICHARD GILES

Service Number: 1143393
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Horse Artillery

3 Regt.

Date of Death

Died 04 July 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY

III. J. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Mary Jane Giles, of Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Mary Harriet Giles, of Bolton.
  • Personal Inscription TIME WILL NOT DARKEN NOR SHADOWS DIM THE LOVELY MEMORIES WE HAVE OF HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1221
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